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Believing in Jesus can cost you your life in these 50 countries 

January 22, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Protest Against Christian Persecution in China, Sept. 14, 2019, Cologne, Germany. / Credit: Lidia Muhamadeeva/Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 22, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Christians suffer extreme persecution in 13 countries around the world, … […]

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Four Latin American countries among the top 50 most dangerous in the world for Christians

January 19, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Newsroom, Jan 19, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
The Open Doors organization has published an updated ranking of the top 50 countries in the world where Christians are most persecuted, and four Latin American nations hav… […]

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BREAKING: Supreme Court failed to find source of leaked opinion overturning Roe v. Wade

January 19, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

The scene outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., after the court released its decision in the Dobbs abortion case on June 24, 2022. Pro-abortion demonstrators gradually made up a decided majority of the crowd as the day wore on. / K… […]

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Report: Christian persecution at its highest point in 30 years

January 18, 2023 Catholic News Agency 15

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Rome Newsroom, Jan 18, 2023 / 13:05 pm (CNA).
The persecution of Christians is at its highest point in three decades, according to the latest report from advocacy group Open Doors.The World Watch List, release… […]

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